Gateway, Inc.
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Gateway, Inc. presente en Irvine, California es una compañía basa en Computadoras (ordenadores) fundada en 1985 por Ted Waitt. Originalmente llamada Gateway 2000, era una de las primeras compañías más acertadas de la orden, utilizando un modelo de ventas similar al de Dell Computer Corporation, y ahora con esto, en Dakota del sur roots with low-tech advertisements and shipping computers in spotted boxes patterned after cow markings (specifically, those of Holstein cows). In line with the Holstein cow mascot, Gateway opened a chain of retail stores called Gateway Country Stores in mostly suburban areas across the United States. En el nombre se quitó el término "2000" en el 1998.
Gateway struggled after the dot-com bust and tried several strategies to return to profitability, including withdrawal from international markets, reduction in the number of Country Stores, and most significantly, entering the consumer electronics business. None of these efforts were particularly successful, and Gateway continued to lose market share and suffered major losses.
El 30 de Enero de 2004, Gateway compró a bajo costo a eMachines, in hopes that its outsourced manufacturing process would help Gateway cut costs and that eMachines' profitable retail business would help its bottom line. Gateway announced its intention to keep the eMachines brand. By Abril 1, 2004, Gateway had announced that it would shut down its 188 remaining stores. The last day of operations for the stores was Abril 9, 2004.
Despite its more low tech image, Gateway has long outsourced some of its operations (such as customer support) Gateway produced its last U.S. built computer at its North Sioux City plant in 2004.
Gateway hace muchas cosas, las más comunes son: Pantalla_de_plasma, Cámaras digitales, Proyectores LCD, Internet inalambrico, router, Reproductores de MP3´s, etc. Gateway hace esos y muchos más.
Gateway compite contra Dell, Inc., HP/Compaq, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba y Acer.
Gateway compró Amiga en 1997. En 2000, Gateway vendió Amiga.
En 2004, Gateway compró a eMachines por $30 millones de dólares y con $50 millones de artículos a la venta, valuada aproximadamente en $234.5 millones de dólares. El cambio puso a Wayne Inouye, CEO de eMachines, en el nuevo CEO de Gateway, desplasando al fundador Ted Waitt.
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- Gateway Computers (en inglés)
- Gateway México